It’s such a blanket statement to say a player won’t develop until he plays in the best leagues overseas. There’s a myriad of players who try just that, and not just from the US, who have had their development stalled because the timing of a move wasn’t quite right. There’s a delicate balance between say, being loaned…

Nobody in global soccer outside of the US thinks #1 is true. You won’t find a respected soccer mind from a country that has won a men’s World Cup that says the US is at an athletic disadvantage in its player pool relative to the world powers. To a one they will all tell you that athleticism is a hallmark of the US…

As someone who was born in Germany, lived there for 10 years and follows the Bundesliga (and Stuttgart at that) pretty heavily, Klinsy is a great spokesperson, but sometimes he’s full of shit and likes to sound good. So until he can field a competent USMNT without relying on MLS to get him out of the group stage,…

Completely disagree. The MLS and the development academies that are being produced are by far the best way for American talent to cultivate. You absolutely need a strong domestic league that builds depth. The old internationals are a necessary evil to promote the game in america. Big names, produce big money. It’s…

This is the kind of comment that makes you look smart and insightful by gathering superficial information and ignoring facts.

The shortest answers are 1)Our best male athletes traditionally get shunted off to other sports and 2)The rest of the world isn’t that big on women’s soccer, so we’re already far ahead of most countries just by caring.

He said King, not Galactic Overloard

Who knew that Lance Stephenson was the glue that kept this team together.

Prick from French Lick?

+1 Doing the right thing for the wrong reasons

Cold-blooded +1

Oh man. The best ones make you cringe-laugh.

I hate myself for this: +1.

“95 percent, huh?”

Keith Olbermann has never been told any topic is off limits for his commentary nor has continuation of it been part of any conversation about his future at the company. For example, he has never been told to shut the hell up about Roger Goodell, or Bud Selig, or NASCAR, or competitive poker, and has never been told…

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I’ll miss his fresh take on sports highlights/commentary which involved smarmy catchphrases, references known only to him, and offhanded dismissal of things uninteresting to him. Nowhere else in sports media could you get that.

his twitter game is flalas.

My main takeaway from this is that the HUGO awards do not have a fair or consistent judging process if it can be so easily ganked either direction and thus the awards have lost all credibility. Though then again, I feel that way about most award shows, including the Oscars and whatnot, so my overall opinion is…